Cal Gymnastics 1975

… at Tom Weeden’s family’s cabin at Donner Lake.

In the photo (in addition to Tom and Mike) are Dr. Harold Frey, Mr. Watanabe, Dave Eby, Mark Adams, Mark Lundy, Ben J Corr, Clark Johnson, Steve Matsuo, Jay Lowy, Fred Perkune, Warren Long, John Cameron, Gary Ino, James Ely, Rod Hom, Tom Beach, Mike Dubos, Ronald Joseph Bell, Steve Omi, and probably a half-dozen others …

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coaching course Saudi Arabia

Zambri Zainal Abidin, FIG Brevet Coach from Malaysia, has been a clinician at AGU camps in Damascus(2008), Bangkok (2009), India (2010) and for an IOC Solidarity Coaches Camp in Sanaa, Yemen (2010).

cartwheel

He was invited by the Saudi Arabia Federation to teach a 4 day course Feb 17-20, 2015. 12 Saudi Arabian Coaches attended, some physical education teachers.

Topic covered included:

1. Method of teaching.

2. Understanding the 6 dominant mechanical movement principles.

3. Basic biomechanics.

4. Preventing growth plate damage.

5. Planning and periodization.

6. Physical and technical preparation of skills in the FIG age group development Class 1 compulsories MAG.

coaches

Rings

They are doing good Gymnastics in the Kingdom, looking to integrate the activity more into Physical Education curriculum.

The only FIG member nations I know that do not offer gymnastics for girls and women are Saudi Arabia and Yemen. In future, we should train ladies as coaches for girls schools and Universities. The largest women’s University in the world is in Riyadh. That institution should offer sports training including Gymnastics.

FIG music seminar for Academy experts

… the FIG Academy Programme hosted a three-day music seminar for a selection of those experts who teach artistry, choreography and music at FIG Academies. This was an attempt to assure that experts from all disciplines that use music have a common understanding of music and will teach common lectures in Levels 1 and 2 of the Academy programme in the same way. …

In attendance were Jorge Méndez of Spain and Úrsula Martins of Portugal for Acrobatic Gymnastics; Tammy Johnson of South Africa, Olga Kyselovi?ová of Slovakia, Irma Santibáñez of Chile and Valerie Grandjean of France for Aerobic Gymnastics; Katja Kleinveldt of Germany and Marta Bobo of Spain for Rhythmic Gymnastics; Stacey Umeh of Australia, Lilia Ortiz Lòpez of Mexico and Mónica Calabró of Argentina for Women’s Artistic Gymnastics and they were joined by Australian federation funded Lisa Bradley. …

Music seminar for Academy experts makes FIG history

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R.I.P. Maria Kryuchkova

The 2004 Olympic Bronze medalist with the Russian team died March 8th, 2015, age-26. 😦

Rewriting Russian Gymnastics

No details as yet.

via Nico on GymFever2012

Gymnix 2015 Jr Cup Finals

VAULT
1. Shallon Olsen CAN 1 14.750 (instagram)
2. Megan Roberts CAN 1 14.637 (instagram)
3. Natalia Kapitonova RUS 13.787
full results

Shallon and Megan both included strong DTYs. 9.25 E-scores.

BARS
1. Natalia Kapitonova RUS (6.2) 14.400 (instagram)
2. Anastasia Iliankova RUS 14.150
3. Jade Chrobok CAN 2 13.500
full results

BEAM
1. Rose Kaying Woo CAN 1 (5.9) 14.300 (instagram)
2. Ana Padurariu CAN 1 14.200
3. Sara Berardinelli ITA 13.275
full results

FLOOR
1. Rose Kaying Woo CAN 1 14.125 (instagram)
2. Megan Roberts CAN 1 14.075
3. Angelina Simakova RUS 13.675
full results

Rose
Rose

Many of the competitors are younger than FIG Junior age.

2014 L’International Gymnix results, for comparison

via @IntlGymnix

Gymnix 2015 Challenge Finals

VAULT
1. Hélody Cyrenne 13.800
2. Sonita Zlobec 13.287

full results

BARS
1. Sabrina Gill 14.275
2. Isabela Onyshko 14.225
3. Victoria Kayen Woo 13.475

full results

Click PLAY or watch Sabrina’s routine on YouTube.

BEAM
1. Isabela Onyshko (6.1) 14.375
2. Gabriella Douglas 14.200
3. Madison Copiak 13.950

full results

FLOOR
1. Sydney Soloski 13.550
2. Meaghan Ruttan 13.200
3. Victoria Kayen Woo 13.100

full results

via @IntlGymnix

Ana Padurariu – new Bars skill

#gymnix2015 Jr Cup

Stoop Stalder to piked Tkachev.

Click PLAY or watch the routine on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch it on instagram.

 
Has anyone else competed that as yet?

@_Alishik noted that Paola Galante competed it straddled as early as 2008.

Watch a post-meet interview with Ana.

Pan-Am Games – inexpensive?

Visitors will find some good prices in Toronto this summer.

… take advantage of a Canadian dollar that as of Wednesday slipped below 80 cents U.S. for the first time in six years?

Could Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games benefit from US tourism with low Canadian dollar?

Click PLAY or watch a cool multi-sport promo on YouTube.

Make sure you’ve got your tickets to the top events in Toronto before they’re gone …

Pan Am Games Tickets